PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Sed kasd facilisis ipsum dolores ea labore amet clita dolor erat aliquam magna. Ut amet et ea erat iriure velit nisl hendrerit vulputate lorem assum. Vero labore sed tempor at elitr. Eos et dolores vulputate luptatum est kasd takimata lorem diam ex ea at dolor amet eu vel et duo. Amet soluta suscipit ut consetetur imperdiet amet kasd gubergren et kasd eirmod sea veniam ipsum sit. Sit et augue magna consequat ex et sed eirmod quis. Takimata aliquam vero aliquyam sed erat sadipscing nulla et et consetetur et ut.
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Sample Output H4
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Sample Output H4
Sed diam et nisl dolor sed ex erat dolor. Facilisis sanctus eos. Et amet clita eirmod molestie nonumy doming ea eum vel no et amet consequat. Euismod et velit nulla sed lobortis et dolor. Suscipit tation stet sed est facilisi.
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Sample Output H3
Ea invidunt vulputate no ex. Duis lorem ut sed. Enim ipsum ipsum minim ipsum gubergren enim tincidunt praesent diam dolor. Clita molestie justo kasd takimata volutpat aliquip. Aliquyam at diam rebum stet sed dolor ut amet sanctus amet sed takimata diam dolore amet. Elitr facilisis sea dolore sadipscing nulla at ipsum lorem duo iusto magna stet sanctus eu zzril. Sed gubergren nonummy. Lorem et elitr. Et duis no.
Aliquyam ipsum at diam ea elitr imperdiet. Clita dolore zzril ea dolor no quis invidunt illum amet et amet sadipscing duis ipsum autem. Exerci amet lorem labore te labore molestie dolor dolor et dolore takimata invidunt et dolore justo. Et duis et duo dolor dolores stet. Ut kasd nonumy consequat nisl enim lorem consetetur exerci. Sed erat amet esse diam magna. Magna tempor vel nonumy doming at no sadipscing sea diam sed consectetuer dolore sadipscing praesent.
Sample Output H4
Et eos sit diam sed diam dolore nonummy sadipscing accusam duis odio iriure. Tempor ut sanctus accusam aliquyam amet dolore sea molestie voluptua. Eos ut no kasd dolore sed vero aliquyam eos et est invidunt takimata ut dolor. Eu diam lorem enim suscipit. Et eirmod nihil gubergren nonumy. Ut invidunt dolore clita justo ipsum zzril lorem eos ut stet kasd feugait quis. Eirmod dolore amet amet ipsum vel ipsum sit et. Facilisis vel dolores dolor ipsum eirmod et accusam dolor. Eirmod sea lobortis et sea tempor in diam stet tincidunt. Lorem amet kasd nonumy et eum ullamcorper. Eos labore et magna amet sea dolor ipsum.
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Sample Output H4
Ea rebum gubergren sed tempor sit. Dignissim sea dolore. Ut eros et doming sit eirmod. Consetetur accusam eos est justo gubergren voluptua te vulputate lorem est ut. Sea et vel amet dignissim sed. Autem aliquyam in dolor dolores et elitr autem no stet erat et. Clita assum lorem et gubergren consetetur sit ea amet. Erat ea elitr eum consequat dolor sit iusto at vero dolor at esse. Lorem vulputate tempor dolores clita dolor at eum nonumy at. Et nulla et esse facilisis diam cum amet sanctus clita esse voluptua.
Nonummy elitr et lorem sadipscing eirmod invidunt ea iusto. Dolor at et laoreet sadipscing takimata ex voluptua vel sed nostrud sanctus aliquyam est. Dolor labore voluptua dolore eirmod wisi dolore velit gubergren minim nostrud. Nonumy zzril sanctus sit sanctus elitr sit sadipscing invidunt tempor magna diam ipsum nulla nihil stet elitr. Sea elit et. Doming velit te et. Nonumy aliquyam lorem mazim takimata dolor sea zzril at ut sadipscing lobortis aliquyam. Sanctus magna assum ipsum tempor. Enim duo lorem consetetur sit at.
More Sample Output H2
Sit et sit nostrud eos in dolore rebum kasd vel vero eirmod sed sed duo consequat ipsum. Amet adipiscing hendrerit euismod sea velit sanctus amet accusam et eu eu sit sit eos. Rebum feugait euismod blandit illum eos labore rebum. Duo erat feugiat eros invidunt sit sit doming accusam stet rebum et dolor stet elit nisl et et. Ea tempor et lobortis labore.
Diam aliquyam magna dolore lorem eleifend duis gubergren. Ullamcorper ut mazim nisl justo est et at accusam gubergren invidunt justo nihil sed et vero. Tempor et rebum erat accusam et erat dolor hendrerit et. Rebum dolor duis no ut eos diam erat lorem invidunt accusam kasd. Option stet diam vero. Aliquyam eirmod magna stet. Ut iriure dolor gubergren dolores elitr ad rebum sit est velit at aliquyam illum wisi qui vulputate. Est sit dolores est et no autem et sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Diam kasd amet aliquip lorem eos. Eirmod stet kasd diam invidunt odio te sanctus esse et diam hendrerit hendrerit tempor sed vulputate diam dolor et. Eos et aliquyam dolor. Et tempor duo diam ipsum sed. No aliquip adipiscing voluptua molestie consectetuer te augue iriure et. Euismod vel labore rebum.
Et nisl et et magna sed amet. Rebum assum rebum dolore sed consequat consectetuer sadipscing sit dolore takimata iriure. Tempor diam vero at et takimata ipsum consectetuer volutpat et feugait hendrerit nonummy sanctus magna clita clita tation. Kasd quod velit ipsum consequat aliquyam justo vulputate gubergren sit dolores commodo. Molestie suscipit ut dolore sed sea consetetur. Dolor luptatum ea est eirmod amet delenit elitr dolor minim ut amet lorem commodo possim magna erat duis amet. Assum facilisi amet luptatum. Et praesent eos et ut et lorem.
Sample Output H4
Rebum elitr elitr elitr no ut est amet sea et et sed diam. Justo laoreet sit enim feugiat clita enim dolor et duis takimata duo clita placerat ipsum. Duis wisi aliquyam dolor sit duis nonumy tempor tempor te ipsum consetetur. Minim praesent gubergren magna feugiat ipsum ipsum dolor dolore placerat sadipscing. Et voluptua in tempor ullamcorper. Dolore velit ullamcorper nulla vel gubergren dolores et diam amet ea diam accusam. Stet no ut dolore dolor eirmod et molestie takimata ea accusam vero invidunt facilisis ea consequat aliquyam. Vero duo lorem iusto nonumy et dolore lorem feugiat dignissim adipiscing. Eirmod congue magna gubergren te nonumy in dolore tation voluptua sea at ipsum. Invidunt exerci eos eirmod diam aliquip diam rebum et.
Sed vero sit amet dolor sanctus ipsum sanctus elitr diam elitr eos diam et at consetetur. Elitr in dolor amet vulputate erat tempor accusam autem no kasd. Dolor eos ea enim. Diam molestie ad eum gubergren ex gubergren laoreet. Enim quis nonumy dolor justo dolor ullamcorper duo et sadipscing no dolores. Sit voluptua in volutpat.
Sample Output H4
Erat sit est consetetur. Feugiat elitr diam ex et consequat. Blandit et duo. Elitr duo ipsum diam no tempor sanctus duo est feugait. Duo nonumy diam duo dolore nisl.
Erat sed qui dolores justo exerci kasd no sit diam ipsum exerci sit in. Duo tation ut takimata duis at labore. Et magna quis vero dolor stet lorem voluptua suscipit amet consequat et. Et wisi rebum dolor consequat consetetur ea consetetur dolor. Qui consetetur ullamcorper aliquam elitr sit duis clita duo amet sea stet tempor diam in no sit sadipscing. Et rebum praesent et sit amet elitr amet euismod ipsum dolore amet amet hendrerit aliquyam. Stet magna exerci kasd. Gubergren consectetuer erat diam elitr gubergren. Nonumy no diam ipsum et rebum ut invidunt tempor et est tincidunt. Diam duo rebum velit voluptua rebum elitr eos no accumsan sed lorem dolore in sanctus consequat.
Sample Output H3
Sea invidunt doming et labore euismod ut lorem nulla cum sadipscing eos sed no. Doming ut elitr illum tation illum erat consectetuer sadipscing sea lorem gubergren at accusam consetetur consequat est. Doming nihil lorem magna blandit et et commodo. Sit esse aliquyam dolor eu justo dolore tempor cum magna magna sed te quis ea invidunt ipsum. Dolor sea sea clita sanctus accusam sed rebum erat blandit. Dolores elitr autem no in. Stet clita dolore ut sed elit. In gubergren eos lorem ut et ipsum.
Ipsum dolor id et magna ad sea sit justo iusto feugiat sed invidunt et. Justo justo duo sanctus vero stet sadipscing kasd doming eos sed eos luptatum clita eu. Lorem justo clita nonumy clita consequat accusam veniam magna lobortis ut vulputate wisi. Eirmod eos consetetur et. Et et dolor vel sadipscing nostrud diam ipsum dolor dignissim no gubergren magna et consetetur gubergren ipsum tincidunt labore. Lorem volutpat eirmod sed diam sed at diam vel ut sanctus commodo. Ut rebum magna dolor accusam ex ipsum accusam molestie vero amet. Consetetur lorem facilisis no consequat eos lorem diam consequat zzril volutpat sed.
Sample Output H4
Et ut stet et clita ea aliquyam ea erat sed clita rebum nulla accusam. Wisi et consetetur sadipscing aliquip kasd. Dolore dolor sit sit at labore amet magna dolor cum doming duis assum no sea rebum. Vel voluptua sanctus voluptua et sit sit ea sed sed. Consetetur vero ut. Lorem elitr takimata kasd vero sit at no accusam sed magna sed diam magna sit tincidunt.
Ex enim at dolore dolor sed. Erat magna clita aliquyam rebum laoreet iriure et no dolor iriure sanctus. Accumsan diam laoreet dolores elitr dolore nonumy justo vel et iriure et diam eirmod eos sanctus eros amet. Dolor suscipit amet cum eum. Takimata consequat nonumy vel sed ea ipsum praesent zzril et eos sed exerci ullamcorper lorem tempor. Vel luptatum praesent ea id molestie erat at eu ipsum ea gubergren. Delenit iriure hendrerit vulputate dolor magna amet quod lobortis feugiat.
Sample Output H4
Et est aliquam rebum ea accumsan luptatum gubergren lorem dolore invidunt aliquyam stet nulla ipsum. Feugiat aliquyam tempor diam et sanctus vulputate magna et tempor nulla labore tempor. Sea amet kasd feugiat tempor. Lorem congue dolores dolor et lorem veniam dolore suscipit. Dolore hendrerit dolore iriure diam ut kasd.
Blandit ipsum assum rebum erat dolores consectetuer eos invidunt accusam. Dolor et no labore diam duo stet rebum facilisi et minim voluptua vel magna amet et dolor. Tempor lorem magna eum et et dolor dolore dolore esse at ut voluptua et. Justo eu amet nibh magna eos dolor consetetur ipsum at invidunt diam magna consetetur stet blandit sit nibh. Amet duo illum suscipit amet dolore diam gubergren soluta laoreet nisl. Consectetuer tempor gubergren voluptua elitr et sea accusam ipsum gubergren no et vero justo aliquyam et invidunt accusam accusam. Nonumy euismod sadipscing sadipscing tempor vero labore sanctus minim stet. Lorem gubergren ea justo ipsum accusam dolores et ipsum tation suscipit duis et no est dolore at gubergren. Mazim magna aliquip sed et ipsum amet dolores eirmod dolores kasd. Nonummy nostrud duo est et est dolor diam nonummy duo et nisl. Lorem et ipsum ut et elitr no aliquyam diam et nibh volutpat eos invidunt et sea ipsum nulla est.